Superfund Research Program

Steven N. Chillrud

Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
7 Marine Biology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades, New York 10964
Phone: 845-365-8893
Fax: 845-365-8155
Email: chilli@ldeo.columbia.edu

Projects

• Columbia University: Administrative Core (2022-2027)
• Columbia University: Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur and Organic Carbon Speciation and Their Impact on Groundwater Arsenic (2000-2017)
• Columbia University: Biogeochemistry Core (2000-2021)
• Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites (2000-2021)
• Columbia University: High Resolution Models of Groundwater Metal Exposures (2022-2027)
• Columbia University: Hydrogeology Support Core (2000-2021)
• Columbia University: Research Translation Core (2006-2021)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Stable Lead Isotope and Trace Element Analysis (1995 - 2006)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine: Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program (1995 - 2001)

Research Briefs

• 193 - Accelerating Pump-and-Treat Remediation at Arsenic-contaminated Sites
• 29 - The Persistence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Hudson River Sediments
• 18 - Characterization of Contaminants in New York City

Patents

• In Situ Magnetite Formation within Soils/Aquifers Under Circumneutral to Mildly Acidic Conditions
• Injection System for Multi-Well Injection Using a Single Pump

Hazardous Waste Sites

Dover Municipal Landfill

• Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites

Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR)

• Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites

North Carolina State University (Lot 86 Farm Unit #1)

• Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites

Vineland Chemical Co., Inc.

• Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites

Publications

2023

• Li M, Do V, Brooks JL, Hilpert M, Goldsmith J, Chillrud SN, Ali T, Best LG, Yracheta J, Umans JG, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Navas-Acien A, Kioumourtzoglou M. 2023. Fine particulate matter composition in American Indian vs. Non-American Indian communities. Environ Res 237(Pt2):117091. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.117091 PMID:37683786 PMCID:PMC10591960
• Spaur M, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Factor-Litvak P, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. 2023. Impact of lowering the US maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure: Differences by race, region, and water arsenic in NHANES 2003-2014. Environ Pollut 333:122047. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122047 PMID:37331581
• Spaur M, Lombard M, Ayotte JD, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. 2023. Cross-sectional associations between drinking water arsenic and urinary inorganic arsenic in the United States: NHANES 2003-2014. Environ Res 227:115741. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2023.115741 PMID:36963713 PMCID:PMC1016594

2022

• Li M, Hilpert M, Goldsmith A, Brooks JL, Shearston JG, Chillrud SN, Ali T, Umans JG, Best LG, Yracheta J, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Navas-Acien A, Kioumourtzoglou M. 2022. Air pollution in American Indian versus Non-American Indian communities, 2000-2018. Am J Public Health 112:615-623. doi:10.2105/ajph.2021.306650 PMID:35319962 PMCID:PMC8961849
• Ravalli F, Yu Y, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Schilling K, Basu A, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. 2022. Sociodemographic inequalities in uranium and other metals in community water systems across the USA, 2006-11: a cross-sectional study. Lancet Planet Health 6(4):320-330. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00043-2 PMID:35397220 PMCID:PMC9037820

2021

• Spaur M, Lombard M, Ayotte JD, Harvey DE, Bostick BC, Chillrud SN, Navas-Acien A, Nigra AE. 2021. Associations between private well water and community water supply arsenic concentrations in the conterminous United States. Sci Total Environ 787:147555. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147555 PMID:33991916 PMCID:PMC8192485

2020

• Flanagan SV, Braman S, Puelle R, Gleason JA, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Prosswimmer G, Navas-Acien A, Graziano JH, Chillrud SN. 2020. Leveraging Health Care Communication Channels for Environmental Health Outreach in New Jersey. J Public Health Manag Pract doi:10.1097/PHH.0000000000001121 PMID:32011595
• Mailloux BJ, Procopio NA, Bakker M, Chen T, Choudhury I, Ahmed KM, Mozumder R, Ellis T, Chillrud SN, van Geen AF. 2020. Recommended sampling intervals for arsenic in private wells. Ground Water 10:doi:10.1111/gwat.13020 PMID:32483831
• Nigra AE, Chen Q, Chillrud SN, Wang L, Harvey DE, Mailloux BJ, Factor-Litvak P, Navas-Acien A. 2020. Inequalities in public water arsenic concentrations in counties and community water systems across the United States, 2006-2011. Environ Health Perspect 128(12):127001. doi:10.1289/EHP7313 PMID:33295795 PMCID:PMC7724967
• Yang Q, Flanagan SV, Chillrud SN, Ross JM, Zeng W, Culbertson CW, Spayd SE, Backer L, Smith AE, Zheng Y. 2020. Reduction in drinking water arsenic exposure and health risk through arsenic treatment among private well households in Maine and New Jersey, USA. Sci Total Environ 738:139683. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139683 PMID:32535281 PMCID:PMC7429269

2019

• Huang L, Liu L, Zhang T, Zhao D, Li H, Sun H, Kinney PL, Pitiranggon M, Chillrud SN, Ma LQ, Navas-Acien A, Bi J, Yan B. 2019. An interventional study of rice for reducing cadmium exposure in a Chinese industrial town. Environ Int 122:301-309. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.11.019 PMID:30477816 PMCID:PMC6368677

2018

• Flanagan SV, Gleason JA, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Rockafellow-Baldoni M, Braman S, Chillrud SN, Zheng Y. 2018. Health protective behavior following required arsenic testing under the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act. Int J Hyg Environ Health 221(6):929-940. doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.05.008 PMID:29884571 PMCID:PMC6219474
• Sanchez TR, Slavkovich VN, LoIacono NJ, van Geen AF, Ellis T, Chillrud SN, Balac O, Islam T, Parvez F, Ahsan H, Graziano JH, Navas-Acien A. 2018. Urinary metals and metal mixtures in Bangladesh: Exploring environmental sources in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS). Environ Int 121:852-860. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.031 PMID:30343184 PMCID:PMC6231410
• Sun J, Bostick BC, Mailloux BJ, Jamieson J, Yan B, Pitiranggon M, Chillrud SN. 2018. Arsenic mobilization from iron oxides in the presence of oxalic acid under hydrodynamic conditions. Chemosphere 212:219-227. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.08.058 PMID:30144683
• Sun J, Mailloux BJ, Chillrud SN, van Geen AF, Thompson A, Bostick BC. 2018. Simultaneously quantifying ferrihydrite and goethite in natural sediments using the method of standard additions with X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Geology 476:248-259. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.11.021 PMID:29353912 PMCID:PMC5771421
• Sun J, Prommer H, Siade AJ, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Bostick BC. 2018. Model-based analysis of arsenic immobilization via iron mineral transformation under advective flows. Environ Sci Technol 52(16):9243-9253. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01762 PMID:30039966

2017

• Keimowitz AR, Mailloux BJ, Wovkulich K, Harkness JS, Ross JM, Chillrud SN. 2017. Manganese redox buffering limits arsenic release from contaminated sediments, Union Lake, New Jersey. Appl Geochem 77:24-30. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.10.003 PMID:29238131 PMCID:PMC5726284
• Nigra AE, Sanchez TR, Nachman KE, Harvey DE, Chillrud SN, Graziano JH, Navas-Acien A. 2017. The effect of the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure in the USA from 2003 to 2014: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Lancet Public Health 2:e513-e521. doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(17)30195-0 PMID:29250608 PMCID:PMC5729579

2016

• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Chillrud SN, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 1 of 3: Impact of the New Jersey Private Well Testing Act on household testing and mitigation behavior. Sci Total Environ 562:999-1009. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.196 PMID:27118151 PMCID:PMC5204457
• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Chillrud SN, Ross JM, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?. Sci Total Environ 562:1010-1018. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.199 PMID:27142115 PMCID:PMC5191845
• Flanagan SV, Spayd SE, Procopio NA, Marvinney RG, Smith AE, Chillrud SN, Braman S, Zheng Y. 2016. Arsenic in private well water part 3 of 3: Socioeconomic vulnerability to exposure in Maine and New Jersey. Sci Total Environ 562:1019-1030. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.217 PMID:27118035 PMCID:PMC5204458
• Sun J, Bostick BC, Mailloux BJ, Ross JM, Chillrud SN. 2016. Effect of oxalic acid treatment on sediment arsenic concentrations and lability under reducing conditions. J Hazard Mater 311:125-133. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.02.060 PMID:26970042 PMCID:PMC4826786
• Sun J, Bostick BC, Mailloux BJ, Ross JM, Chillrud SN. 2016. Use of oxalic acid for mobilizing arsenic from contaminated sediments and decreasing vulnerability to reduction. J Hazard Mater 311:125-133.
• Sun J, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Bostick BC. 2016. In situ magnetite formation and long-term arsenic immobilization under advective flow conditions. Environ Sci Technol 50(18):10162-10171. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02362 PMID:27533278
• Sun J, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Stute M, Singh R, Dong H, Lepre CJ, Bostick BC. 2016. Enhanced and stabilized arsenic retention in microcosms through the microbial oxidation of ferrous iron by nitrate. Chemosphere 144:1106-1115. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.045 PMID:26454120 PMCID:PMC4779597
• Sun J, Quicksall AN, Chillrud SN, Mailloux BJ, Bostick BC. 2016. Arsenic mobilization from sediments in microcosms under sulfate reduction. Chemosphere 153:254-261. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.117 PMID:27037658 PMCID:PMC4837041

2014

• Wovkulich K, Stute M, Mailloux BJ, Keimowitz AR, Ross JM, Bostick BC, Sun J, Chillrud SN. 2014. In situ oxalic acid injection to accelerate arsenic remediation at a superfund site in new jersey. Environ Chem 11(5):525-537. doi:10.1071/EN13222 PMID:25598701 PMCID:PMC4294815
• Yan B, Bopp RF, Abrajano TA, Chaky DA, Chillrud SN. 2014. Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into Central Park Lake, New York City, over a century of deposition. Environ Toxicol Chem 33(5):985-992. doi:10.1002/etc.2507 PMID:24375577 PMCID:PMC4211259

2012

• Wovkulich K, Mailloux BJ, Bostick BC, Dong H, Bishop ME, Chillrud SN. 2012. Use of microfocused X-ray techniques to investigate the mobilization of arsenic by oxalic acid. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 91:254-270. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.012 PMID:23175572 PMCID:PMC3501129

2011

• Wovkulich K, Stute M, Protus T, Mailloux BJ, Chillrud SN. 2011. Injection system for multiwell injection using a single pump. Ground Water Monit Remediat 31(1):79-85. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01325.x PMID:26140014 PMCID:PMC4486016

2010

• Wovkulich K, Mailloux BJ, Lacko A, Keimowitz AR, Stute M, Simpson HJ, Chillrud SN. 2010. Chemical treatments for mobilizing arsenic from contaminated aquifer solids to accelerate remediation. Appl Geochem 25(10):1500-1509. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.08.001 PMID:21076621 PMCID:PMC2976553

2008

• Miller T, Heidler J, Chillrud SN, DeLaquil A, Ritchie JC, Bopp RF, Halden RU, Mihalic JN. 2008. Fate of triclosan and evidence for reductive dechlorination of triclocarban in estuarine sediments. Environ Sci Technol 42(12):4570-6. doi:10.1021/es702882g PMID:18605588

2007

• Graziano JH, Chillrud SN, Simpson HJ, Golden M. 2007. Local health risks from arsenic appear 'vanishingly small'. (non-peer reviewed)
• Keimowitz AR, Mailloux BJ, Colery P, Stute M, Simpson HJ, Chillrud SN. 2007. Laboratory investigations of enhanced sulfate reduction as a groundwater arsenic remediation strategy. Environ Sci Technol 41(19):6718-6724. PMID:17969686 PMCID:PMC3155844
• Louchouarn P, Chillrud SN, Houel S, Yan B, Chaky DA, Rumpel C, Largeau C, Bardoux G, Walsh DC, Bopp RF. 2007. Elemental and molecular evidence of soot- and char-derived black carbon inputs to New York City's atmosphere during the 20th century. Environ Sci Technol 41(1):82-87. doi:10.1021/es061304+ PMID:17265930
• Wovkulich K, Simpson HJ, Stute M, Mailloux BJ, Keimowitz AR, Cheng Z, Chillrud SN. 2007. Improving arsenic remediation through chemistry: laboratory and modeling data for a Superfund site highly contaminated with arsenic (Vineland, NJ). Superfund Basic Research Symposium
• Wovkulich K, Stute M, Simpson HJ, Mailloux BJ, Lacko A, Keimowitz AR, Cheng Z, Chillrud SN. 2007. Mobilization of arsenic from contaminated sediments for improved remediation. Superfund Basic Research Symposium

2005

• Yan B, Abrajano TA, Bopp RF, Chaky DA, Benedict LA, Chillrud SN. 2005. Molecular tracers of saturated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon inputs into Central Park Lake, New York City. Environ Sci Technol 39(18):7012-7019. PMID:16201624

2004

• Chillrud SN, Bopp RF, Ross JM, Chaky DA, Hemming S, Shuster EL, Simpson HJ, Estabrooks FD. 2004. Radiogenic lead isotopes and time stratigraphy in the Hudson River, New York. Water Air Soil Pollut 4(2-3):469-482.
• Landrigan PJ, Lioy PJ, Thurston G, Berkowitz GS, Chen L, Chillrud SN, Gavett SH, Georgopoulos PG, Geyh AS, Levin SM, Perera F, Rappaport SM, Small C. 2004. Health and environmental consequences of the world trade center disaster. Environ Health Perspect 112(6):731-739. PMID:15121517

2003

• Chillrud SN, Hemming S, Shuster EL, Simpson HJ, Bopp RF, Ross JM, Pederson DC, Chaky DA, Tolley L, Estabrooks FD. 2003. Stable lead isotopes, contaminant metals and radionuclides in upper Hudson River sediment cores: implications for improved time stratigraphy and transport processes. Chemical Geology 199(1-2):53-70.
• Ferguson PL, Bopp RF, Chillrud SN, Aller RC, Brownawell B. 2003. Biogeochemistry of nonylphenol ethoxylates in urban estuarine sediments. Environ Sci Technol 37(16):3499-3506. PMID:12953858
• Keimowitz AR, Datta S, Stute M, Simpson HJ, Chillrud SN, Tsang M, Ross JM. 2003. Arsenic mobilization under reducing conditions beneath a landfill in Maine. In: Proceedings of the 226^th ACS (American Chemical Society) National Meeting - Fall 2003. New York, NY.

2002

• Datta S, Keimowitz AR, Simpson HJ, Stute M, Chillrud SN, Tsang M, Zheng Y, van Geen AF, Dobbs GM. 2002. Redox controls on arsenic mobility beneath Winthrop landfill, Maine. In: Proceedings of Arsenic in New England. New Hampshire Consortium on Arsenic, May 29-31.
• Tsang M, Chillrud SN, Stute M, Simpson HJ, Ross JM, Keimowitz AR, Zheng Y, Wallace S, Cheng Z, van Geen AF. 2002. Arsenic mobilization from fine particles under reducing conditions: implications for groundwater remediation. In: Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Geological Society of America.

2001

• Bopp RF, Chillrud SN. 2001. Contaminant Chronologies. In: The Hudson River Ecosystem. The Hudson River Foundation, New York, NY.
• Stute M, Simpson HJ, Chillrud SN, Law-wai E, Santella RM, Ross JM, Ho DT, Schlosser P, Zheng Y, Dobbs GM. 2001. Application of SF6, bromide and 3H/3He for tracing groundwater transport beneath a landfill. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 82(47):H22C-0371.
• Stute M, Simpson HJ, Chillrud SN, Law-wai E, Santella RM, Ross JM, Ho DT, Schlosser P, Zheng Y, van Geen AF, Dobbs GM, Butler BK. 2001. Arsenic mobilization in reducing groundwaters at a Superfund site in Maine: remediation through aquifer redox manipulation?. In: Proceedings of the Arsenic in Drinking Water International Conference. Columbia University, Nov. 26-27.
• Walsh DC, Chillrud SN, Simpson HJ, Bopp RF. 2001. Refuse incinerator particulate emissions and combustion residues for New York City during the 20th century. Environ Sci Technol 35:2441-7. PMID:11432546

1999

• Chaky DA, Chillrud SN, Bopp RF, Kroenke AE, Shuster EL, Walsh D, Estabrooks FD. 1999. Atmospheric deposition of organic contaminants and trace metals in the New York City area: Insights from dated sediment cores. In: Proceedings of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Santa Fe, NM.
• Chillrud SN, Bopp RF, Simpson HJ, Ross JM, Shuster EL, Chaky DA, Walsh D, Chin Choy C, Tolley L, Yarme A. 1999. Twentieth-century atmospheric metal fluxes into Central Park Lake, New York City. Environ Sci Technol 33(5):657-662. PMID:21850150
• Chillrud SN, Hemming S, Shuster EL, Simpson HJ, Bopp RF, Ross JM, Pederson DC, Chaky DA, Tolley L, Estabrooks FD. 1999. Stable lead isotopes, contaminant metals and PCBs in Upper Hudson River sediments. Environ Sci Technol 33:657-662.

1998

• Bopp RF, Chillrud SN, Shuster EL, Simpson HJ, Estabrooks FD. 1998. Trends in chlorinated hydrocarbon levels in Hudson River basin sediments. Environ Health Perspect 106(Suppl.4):1075-1081. PMID:9703496
• Chaky DA, Chillrud SN, Bopp RF, Shuster EL, Estabrooks FD, Swartz J. 1998. Chlorinated hydrocarbon contamination of the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area: the urban atmospheric influence. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 79(17):S86.
• Kroenke AE, Bopp RF, Chaky DA, Chillrud SN, Shuster EL, Estabrooks FD, Swartz J. 1998. Atmospheric deposition and fluxes of mercury in remote and urban areas of the Hudson River Basin. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 79(17):S86.
• Tolley L, Bopp RF, Chillrud SN, Shuster EL, Estabrooks FD, Swartz J. 1998. Trace metals and suspended sediment dilution in the upper Hudson River. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 79(17):S86.

1996

• Bopp RF, Chaky DA, Shuster EL, Chillrud SN. 1996. Geographic and temporal distribution of particle-associated contaminants in sediments of the Hudson River Basin. In: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting 1996. Washington, DC.
• Chillrud SN. 1996. Temporal trends of PCBs in sediments and striped bass from the Hudson River and estuary. In: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting 1996. Washington, DC.
• McNulty AK, Bopp RF, Estabrooks FD, Chillrud SN. 1996. In situ anaerobic dechlorination of PCBs in Hudson River sediments. In: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Annual Meeting 1996. Washington, DC.

1995

• Chillrud SN. 1995. Transport and Fate of Particle Associated Contaminants in the Hudson River Basin. Ph. D. thesis, Columbia University, New York.